One-rail car.



J. MQGLINSEY & W. A. TRIMBLE.

ONE-RAIL CAR;

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1912.

97 1 04 Patented May 19, 191% A Home COLUMBIA PLANOflRAPl-l 10.,WASHINGTON. D. c.

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JAMES MGGLINSEY, or 'rYRoNE, AND WALTER A. TRIMBLE, or BIRMINGHAM,

. PENNSYLVANIA.

ONE-RA L GAR.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES ltfcGLINsnY andWALTER A. TRIMBLE, citizens of the United States, residing,respectively, at Tyrone, in the county of Blair, and Birmingham, in thecounty of Huntingdon, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Que-Rail Cars, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to one rail cars, and the principal objectthereof is to simplify and improve the cars of this class.

Another object of our invention is to provide a one rail car designedespecially for use on railways for carrying heavy mate rial such asthis, rails, frogs, switches, etc., from one point of construction toanother, but which may readily be used in any place where there aretracks for the operation of cars, such as mines, stone quarries, shops,etc.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as ishereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim andillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of our device, Fig. 2 a side elevation, andFig. 3 an end elevation thereof.

Referring more particularly to the various figures of the drawing inwhich like numerals indicate like parts throughout, the preferredembodiment of our device provides a rectangular frame work 1 of hollowtubing having its meeting ends screw threaded and engaged by the aliningends of a T-coupling 2, the free end thereof being screw threaded andengaged by the threaded end of a hollow pipe section 3, said pipesection forming the handle of the device and being provided at its outerend with a knob or ball 4:.

Provided at intervals between the sides of the rectangular frame 1, area plurality of cross bars 5, formed of hollow tubing, and extendingtherethrough and through perforations in the side member are a pluralityof tie rods, said rods being threaded Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 30, 1912.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Serial No. 734,387.

at their ends and fitted with nuts for tightening the side membersagainst the cross bars and thus securely bracing the frame.

It will be noticed by reference to Fig. 3, that the handle 8, extendsupwardly at a considerable angle, and it is held in this position andbraced against lateral movement by means of the angular brace member 6.This brace member is formed of a length of tubing flattened at themiddle and secured to the handle by means of a rivet or bolt 7 the armsbeing then bent downwardly and flattened at the ends and bent at anangle to snugly fit against the frame, the ends being held in place bymeans of the tie rods of the outside cross bars, said tie rods extendingthrough the ends and fitted with nuts, thus rigidly securing the bracemember in place.

Near the ends of the side members of the frame 1, and directly oppositeone another are secured downwardly extending brackets 8, said bracketssecured by means of rivets or bolts, and serving as bearings for theaxle 9. A wheel 10 provided with flanges 11, and a conically shapedreinforcing member 12 which abuts against one of the bearings 8, iskeyed or secured in any desired manner to the axle 9.

In operation, the wheels are placed upon one of the rails, of the track,the object to be moved placed upon the frame, and the operator walksalong parallel to the rail pushing the car along by means of the handle.

Although we have described the specific construction, combination andarrangement of parts comprising the preferred embodiment of our device,yet it is to be understood that such minor changes may be made in thatconstruction, combination and arrange ment, as do not depart from thespirit of the invent-ion and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the kind described, the combination of a rectangularframework formed to said framework, axles supported by said 10 of alength of tubing bent to shape, a T- brackets, and Wheels'secured tosaid axles. coupling connecting the ends of said tubing, In testimonywhereof We afliX our signaa handle secured in said T-coupling, holturesin presence of two Witnesses.

lOW cross bars interposed between the sides JAMES MOGLINSEY.

0f the frame, the irons extending through W VALTER A. TRIMBLE.

said cross bars and securing them to the lVitnesses: frame, a bracemember secured to said han- N. CHANDLER MGCONAHY, dle and to saldframework, brackets secured S. LUPER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

